The Nightmare Set...

ArrGee1991 · Dave

The Nightmare Set...

suss · In the Long Grass

Always happy to hear Diamond Smiles myself, and personally would welcome Europe Looked Ugly and/or Real Different. Ever played live?

Talking in Code is one track I found far more memorable live, to extent it went up in my estimation considerably. Wouldn't walk away from Skin on Skin either.

Agree with rest by and large though. Might add To the Bitter End (another na na na song) and, controversially(?), Normal People. Never quite got that one.

ArrGee1991 · Dave

suss wrote:
Agree with rest by and large though. Might add To the Bitter End (another na na na song) and, controversially(?), Normal People. Never quite got that one.

Oh I like them. Never heard either live. They should do them.

Mark L · Loudmouth

Would also be very happy to hear Diamond Smiles and Real Different (I love this song) and Mondays is inevitable and more than palatable. Agree with all the others on Arrgees list but some of them are more nightmarish than others, with the dreadful Charmed Lives and Little Death tracks topping such a list.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

That is a highly unlikely setlist there ArrGee. It wouldn't be a nightmare for me, but I can think of better. The chances of them doing Charmed Lives are very low indeed. Another Piece of Red is so out of date and possibly wouldn't even be in good taste, given who Ian Smith swapped with.

furious furious biggrin

ArrGee1991 · Dave

Jules wrote:
That is a highly unlikely setlist there ArrGee. It wouldn't be a nightmare for me, but I can think of better.

As bad as it is, I'd still like to hear it!

noelindublin · Loudmouth

ArrGee1991 wrote:
Of course, this could be even worse should they decide to plunder the Geldof and the Gung~Ho back catalogue...
Another Piece of Red
Arnold Layne
Under Their Thumb
Mood Mambo
Don't Talk To Me
Europe Looked Ugly
Please Don't Go
Diamond Smiles
She's Not The Best
Real Different
Say Hi To Mick
Skin on Skin
Talking In Code
The Little Death
Walking Downtown
Whitehall 1212
Encore:
Charmed Lives
I Don't Like Mondays

For me most of the songs ArrGee mentions are pretty good. A weak one is Whitehall I212 lack of lyrics make it hard to relate too. Shes Not The Best is about a minute long so isn't a proper song- maybe if it had been developed it would have turned out ok, if not good.Mondays is just hackneyed.

I like the Rats Arnold Lane. Always wonder what peoples problem with Walking Downtown is? I think it would be hard to do live, but as a recording it is pretty good.Same with Skin On Skin.

Europe Looked Ugly/Please Don't Go/ Don't Talk/Say Hi To Mick/Diamond Smiles/Real Different are all brilliant Rats tracks. If I was looking for some truly bad music and awful lyrics I'd stick on Franz ferdinand's second album.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
If I was looking for some truly bad music and awful lyrics I'd stick on Franz ferdinand's second album.

Always found it interesting that You Could Have It So Much Better wasn't that appreciated. I think it is superb and if not quite the equal of their debut, it is definitely in my top ten albums of the century. It is very clever lyrically, and musically shows an incredible range that wasn't really expected from their first album. Reminds me of another band I like a lot. Tonight is almost as good again, just a shame they stuck Ulysses on it because otherwise it was perfect.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

ArrGee1991 wrote:
suss wrote:
Agree with rest by and large though. Might add To the Bitter End (another na na na song) and, controversially(?), Normal People. Never quite got that one.
Oh I like them. Never heard either live. They should do them.

IS HEY JUDE A 'NA NA NA SONG'? (sorry meant for Suss)

-- Edited by noelindublin on Friday 8th of February 2013 07:55:59 PM

noelindublin · Loudmouth

ArrGee wrote:
noelindublin wrote:
If I was looking for some truly bad music and awful lyrics I'd stick on Franz ferdinand's second album.
Always found it interesting that You Could Have It So Much Better wasn't that appreciated. I think it is superb and if not quite the equal of their debut, it is definitely in my top ten albums of the century. It is very clever lyrically, and musically shows an incredible range that wasn't really expected from their first album. Reminds me of another band I like a lot. Tonight is almost as good again, just a shame they stuck Ulysses on it because otherwise it was perfect.

Eleanor/ You Could HAVE IT ARE THE ONLY SONGS I LIKED. I THOUGHT THE LYRICS WERE AWFUL, AND MOST OF THE SONGS MEANINGS ESCAPED ME. IT IS JUST SO HARD TO WORK OUT WHAT THE SONGS ARE ABOUT, AND MOSTOF THE TIME I FELT I DIDN'T REALLY CARE. The guy is KASABIAN WAS PRETTY SCATHING ABOUT FF and maybe he has a point.

pS HAVING PROBS WITH CAPITAL BUTTON HENCE UC/LC TYPE. WILL GET IT SORTED.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
ArrGee wrote:
noelindublin wrote:
If I was looking for some truly bad music and awful lyrics I'd stick on Franz ferdinand's second album.
Always found it interesting that You Could Have It So Much Better wasn't that appreciated. I think it is superb and if not quite the equal of their debut, it is definitely in my top ten albums of the century. It is very clever lyrically, and musically shows an incredible range that wasn't really expected from their first album. Reminds me of another band I like a lot. Tonight is almost as good again, just a shame they stuck Ulysses on it because otherwise it was perfect.
Eleanor/ You Could HAVE IT ARE THE ONLY SONGS I LIKED. I THOUGHT THE LYRICS WERE AWFUL, AND MOST OF THE SONGS MEANINGS ESCAPED ME. IT IS JUST SO HARD TO WORK OUT WHAT THE SONGS ARE ABOUT, AND MOSTOF THE TIME I FELT I DIDN'T REALLY CARE. RTED.

What are the songs about? Sex and drugs mainly. Like most good albums.

http://www.nme.com/reviews/franz-ferdinand/7790

suss · In the Long Grass

noelindublin wrote:
IS HEY JUDE A 'NA NA NA SONG'? (sorry meant for Suss)

-- Edited by noelindublin on Friday 8th of February 2013 07:55:59 PM

Certainly is, and one of my least favourite Beatles' songs. Can't be a coincidence.

La La La songs are ok...like Eva Braun biggrin

Mark L · Loudmouth

They na na na'd their way through Someone's Looking At You in a totally brilliant way and it only goes to show how na na na's can be extremely effective in the right way in the right song.

suss · In the Long Grass

Fair cop guv...you've got me there - classic song despite the na na nana nana na bits.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

And Ba na na na Republic smile

I'll get my coat.

Derek The Dane · V Deep

A crap concert would be it being cancelled.I don´t give a turd what they play that day as long as they beat the deamons out of themselves and us fans have a blast.

Adrian · She's So Modern

Hi ArrGee

agree with most of them except Diamond Smiles..also think Charmed Lives was far & away the Rats' worst single

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Shows I'm fairly consistent

Derek The Dane · V Deep

Worst set would be

Little Death
Whitehall 1212
Ratified
Please Don´t Go
Charmed Lives
Up or Down
I Can Make It If You Can
A Storm Breaks
Another Piece Of Red
Fall Down
Mood Mambo
Sleep
Arnold Layne
Never In A Million Years
She´s Not The Best

Even I would struggle to watch that one.

Mark L · Loudmouth

Can't countenance Fall Down or Never in a Million Years going on a nightmare list. In fact, what are Up or Down or I can make it doing anywhere near such a list Derek?!

I understand the remainder and Sleep I think is either loved or loathed - I love it.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Mark L wrote:
Can't countenance Fall Down or Never in a Million Years going on a nightmare list. In fact, what are Up or Down or I can make it doing anywhere near such a list Derek?!
I understand the remainder and Sleep I think is either loved or loathed - I love it.

None of the those are bad for me, and I Can Make It If You Can was played live a lot by the Rats in recent years. I'd love to hear Fall Down live, but suspect it will never happen.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

I can Make it would be on my dream list.

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

I agree I can make it if you can is a great wee song

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

My nightmare set Storm breaks, Charmed lives, Little death. Some of the other iffy song's I can live with. Another piece of red I would love to hear them play it live. So long Hong Kong and goodbye Gibraltar.